World football will continue to revolve with exciting matches in the Asian Cup qualifiers and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
In today's match series (March 25), the Vietnam team will begin their journey to conquer a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup finals by facing Laos.
The Vietnam-Laos match in Group F will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Go Dau Stadium ( Binh Duong ).
A victory against a familiar opponent will help Coach Kim Sang-sik and his team have a favorable start to their journey.
"Vietnam's first match in the final qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup is very important. Hopefully, the Vietnamese team will score many goals and bring an exciting match to the audience," head coach Kim Sang-sik said at a press conference before the match with the Laos team.
In today's match, the two remaining teams of Group F, Malaysia and Nepal, will also face each other at 9:00 p.m.
Also in Asia, teams will enter an important stage in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in the race for a ticket to North America.
In the 8th round, the two teams Iran and South Korea have an early chance to win tickets to the 2026 World Cup finals (held in the US, Canada and Mexico).
Iran is leading Group A with 18 points, 3 points more than the team right behind Uzbekistan and 9 points more than the other two competitors, UAE and Qatar.
The gap in points is helping the Iranian team gain an advantage in the competition for a direct ticket to the 2026 World Cup finals because the qualifying round will have only 3 matches left.
In the 8th round, the Iranian team will face off directly with the 2nd ranked Uzbekistan team at home stadium Azadi (Tehran).
Coach Amir Ghalenoei and his team only need to draw with Uzbekistan in this match to officially win tickets to attend the biggest football festival on the planet held in North America next year.
In Group B, the Korean team is leading with 15 points, 3 points more than the two teams behind, Jordan and Iraq.
The gap in points between South Korea and the two competitors is not too big, but this team still has a chance to win a ticket to the 2026 World Cup finals right after the 8th match.
In this match, the Korean team will face Jordan directly at home in Suwon. If they win, Coach Hong Myung-Bo's team will have 18 points, creating a gap of 6 points more than Jordan.
Of course, to be able to get an early ticket to the 2 matches, Korea needs to wait and hope Palestine causes a surprise by not losing to Iraq in this series.
If this scenario happens, Iraq will only gain 12-13 points after 8 matches. At that time, Iraq and Jordan will have to meet in the final round of the World Cup qualifiers, and one of the two teams will not be able to reach the 18-point mark of Korea.
In Group C, Japan's early advancement makes the race for the remaining direct ticket as well as two places in the fourth qualifying round promise to be very dramatic.
In the South American region, the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will enter round 14, with matches taking place on the morning of March 26, Vietnam time.
The highlight of this match will be the confrontation between Argentina and Brazil at 7:00 a.m. on March 26 (Vietnam time) at Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Argentina currently has 28 points, 15 points more than the 7th ranked team, meaning that they only need to draw with Brazil to win a ticket to the 2026 World Cup finals.
Before this match, the 2026 World Cup finals have officially determined 5 teams, including Japan, New Zealand (two teams that qualified) and three host teams: the US, Mexico, and Canada.
Asian Cup qualifying schedule
Group F
19:30 Vietnam-Laos
21:00 Malaysia-Nepal
8th round of 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Asia Region
Table A
March 25
20:45 Kyrgyzstan-Qatar
23:30 Iran-Uzbekistan
March 26
1:15 North Korea-UAE
Table B
March 25
18:00 Korea-Jordan
March 26
1:15 Palestine-Iraq
1:15 Kuwait-Oman
Table C
March 25
17:35 Japan-Saudi
18:00 China-Australia
20:45 Indonesia-Bahrain
South America Region
March 26
03:00 Bolivia-Uruguay
07:00 Venezuela-Peru
07:00 Colombia-Paraguay
07:00 Argentina-Brazil
07:00 Chile-Ecuador
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